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PART I
2.Theories of the state: Liberal, Neoliberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-colonial and feminist.
3.Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl's theory of justice and its
communitarian critiques.
4.Equality: Social, political and economic;relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative
action.
5.Rights: Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; concept of Human Rights.
9.Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed
Khan, S r i Aurobindo, M.K. Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar,M.N. Roy .
10.Western Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John,S. Mill, Marx,
Gramsci, Hannah Arendt.
Perspectives on Indian National Movement: Liberal, Socialist and Marxist; Radical humanist and
Dalit.
2.Making of the Indian Constitution: Legacies of the British rule; different social and political
perspectives.
3.Salient Features of the Indian Constitution: The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties,
Directive Principles; Parliamentary System and Amendment Procedures; Judicial Review and Basic
Structure doctrine.
4.Principal Organs of the Union Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive,
Legislature and Supreme Court.
Principal Organs of the State Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive,
Legislature and High Courts.
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5.Grassroots Democracy: Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; significance of 73rd and 74th
Amendments; Grassroot movements.
6.Statutory Inst i tut ions/Commissions: Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General,
Finance Commission, Union Public Service Commission, National Commission for Scheduled Castes,
National Comission for scheduled Tribes, National Commission for Women; National Human Rights
Commission, National Commission for Minorities, National Backward Classes Commission.
8.Planning and Economic Development: Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives; role of planning and
public sector; Green Revolution, land reforms and agrarian relations; liberalilzation and economic
reforms.
10.Party System: National and regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties;
patterns of coalition politics; Pressure groups, trends in electoral behaviour; changing socio-
economic profile of Legislators.
11.Social Movements: Civil liberties and human rights movements; women's movements;
environmentalist movements
PART II
1. Comparative Politics: Nature and major approaches; political economy and political sociology
perspectives; limitations of the comparative method.
2.State in comparative perspective: Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and
socialist economies, and, advanced industrial and developing societies.
3. Politics of Representation and Participation: Political parties, pressure groups and social
movements in advanced industrial and developing societies.
5. Approaches to the Study of International Relations: Idealist, Realist, Marxist, Functionalist and
Systems theory.
6. Key concepts in International Relations: National interest, Security and power; Balance of power
and deterrence; Transnational actors and collective security; World capitalist economy and
globalisation.
7. Changing International Political Order: Rise of super powers; strategic and ideological Bipolarity,
arms race and Cold War; nuclear threat; Non-aligned movement: Aims and achievements; Collapse
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of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; relevance of non-alignment in the
contemporary world.
8. Evolution of the International Economic System: From Bretton woods to WTO; Socialist economies
and the CMEA (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance); Third World demand for new international
economic order; Globalisation of the world economy.
9. United Nations: Envisaged role and actual record; specialized UN agencies-aims and functioning;
need for UN reforms.
11. Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice,
terrorism, nuclear proliferation.
1. Indian Foreign Policy: Determinants of foreign policy; institutions of policy-making; continuity and
change.
3. India and South Asia: Regional Co-operation: SAARC – past performance and future prospects.
South Asia as a Free Trade Area, India's "Look East" policy, Impediments to regional co-operation:
river water disputes; illegal cross-border migration; ethnic conflicts and insurgencies; border
disputes.
4. India and the Global South: Relations with Africa and Latin America; leadership role in the demand
for NIEO and WTO negotiations.
5. India and the Global Centres of Power: USA, EU, Japan, China and Russia.
6. India and the UN System: Role in UN Peace-keeping; demand for Permanent Seat in the Security
Council.
8. Recent developments in Indian Foreign policy: India's position on the recent crisis in Afghanistan,
Iraq and West Asia, growing relations with US and Israel; vision of a new world order.